CNN is reporting that US federal district judge Virginia Phillips ruled this afternoon to issue a worldwide ban on the enforcement of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the US military, which is a major victory for LGBT groups. The catch is that the military has 60 days to assess the ruling and decide whether or not they would like the Department of Justice to appeal. You can see the entire injunction as a PDF here. CNN is also reporting that the ruling will probably be appealed in the next day or to because normal policy is to appeal all decisions which take down a Congressional decision.
In any case, we have a couple of months to see if it's going to fall now or not, but DADT is very, very close to ending. But do you know who's been driving this lawsuit for several years? Log Cabin Republicans. People within the same party which promoted anti-gay policies for years essentially crippled this massive piece of injustice.
See, world? Not all Republicans-- or conservatives-- suck. No political party can "own" justice because justice is universal.
And appropriately enough, it was announced on October 12. Maybe there's hope for my old political home after all.
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